Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Edam ii, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 3.368 N,3 58.994 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: EDAM II
Lengte 100 meter, breedte: 12.6 meter, tonnage 3130 ton
Oorzaak: built in 1883 by nederlandsche stoomboaot mij. owned at time of loss by n a s m (holland-amerika line). compound expansion engine of 500hp. passage new york for rotterdam. this was the first steel-hulled vessel to be constructed outside of the united kingdom. (n r chipchase).
Jaar registratie: 1945
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 70 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 12 cm
Bekend sinds: 1945, laatst gedetecteerd: 2007
Details metingen/cartografie: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 CONTACT IN 500318N, 035906W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). SONAR CONTACT. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, AUBD 302/46). H3110/72 8.1.73 H3110/72 8.1.73 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN SANDWAVE AREA IN 500321.0N, 035857.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 65MTRS IN 500321N, 035857W. NC 1613. H2063/82 25.1.85 H2063/82 25.1.85 EXAM'D BY HMS FAWN 17.7.84 IN 500325N, 035852W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 030/210DEGS. WELL DEFINED LARGE WK, POSSIBLY PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS HECATE, 5.12.84). CHART AS WK 61MTRS IN HMS HECATE'S 1972 HIFIX POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 14.4.05 HH091/059/01 14.4.05 EXAM'D 6.7.04 IN 5003.368N, 0358.994W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 64.3 IN GEN DEPTH 70.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 012/292 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 64MTRS. BR STD. 3.9.07 3.9.07 WK IS UPRIGHT WITH BOWS N. FOC'S'E HAS COLLAPSED AND IS A TANGLE OF WRECKAGE. FWD CARGO HATCH IS INTACT BUT MUCH OF THIS AREA APPEARS TO BE FILLED WITH SAND. THE PORT HULL HERE IS ONLY 0.5MTRS HIGH. THE ENTIRE STBD SIDE HAS COLLAPSED INWARDS, BREAKING THE FRAMES NEAR THE STERN AND PART COVERING THE ENGINE, PROP SHAFT AND STBD BOILER. PORT BOILER STANDS ON END AS DOES THE DONKEY BOILER. MORE TANGLED WRECKAGE LIES JUST FWD OF THE BOILERS. THE AFTER CARGO HATCH CAN ALSO BE SEEN AND JUST FWD OF THIS THE HUGE ENGINE LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE. STERN RISES TO 69MTRS AT ITS HIGHEST POINT, WHICH HAS ALSO COLLAPSED TO PORT. PROP LIES ON THE SEABED. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY THE BUILDER'S PLATE. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW & STBD SIDE COLLAPSED, BOWS N
Positie: 50 3.368 N,3 58.994 W